Is depression severity the sole cause of psychotic symptoms during an episode of unipolar major depression? A study both between and within subjects

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 103-109

  Forty, Liz ^a,b   Jones, Lisa ^b   Jones, Ian ^a,b   Cooper, Carly ^b   Russell, Elen ^a   Farmer, Anne ^c   McGuffin, Peter ^c   Craddock, Nick ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Major recurrent depression; Psychosis; Severity; Unipolar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE DISORDERS, PSYCHOTIC; CHILD; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59649120234     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2008.06.012     Document Type: Article

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